PAPER LOSS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("paper loss" is a kind of...):

loss; red; red ink (the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue)

Antonym:

paper profit (an unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price)

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